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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Ellen

Then world has turned upside down. I'm having to take sides with Ellen Degeneres.

I remember when she was an up and coming comedian (comedienne?), and thought she was okay. She was no Jeff Dunham, but she was alright. But I never thought she was more than alright.

When she got her own TV show back in the '90s, I checked it out, but didn't stay with it. It was a sitcom called "These Friends of Mine" and her character worked at a book store. I think she later bought it and they re-titled the show "Ellen" but I had stopped watching it by then; it wasn't that good of a show.

And, that's the show where she came out. Apparently, viewers of the show were the last people on Earth to know she was a homosexual. I mean, it really was kinda obvious, right? So, why it was a big deal at the time, I still don't understand.

Anyway, she's now the poster boy (so to speak) for lesbians or gays or something. And, she's the 2010s version of Billy Crystal or Johnny Carson, in that she's the go-to guy (so to speak) for the Academy Awards.

From what I can tell, it seems the Academy Awards had a TV special recently where they gave out this year's Oscars. It wasn't on Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime, so I didn't see it. But, I read about it. And, I read that a bunch of people were getting their panties in a wad over some joke Ellen told.

I agree - solidly-constructed joke. And - full disclosure - I don't really like Ellen's comedy that much, since it tends to revolve more around "awkward" than "clever". Which are both legitimate comedic approaches, but I much prefer the latter.

Basil: I had a similar odd experience this week, when I actually agreed with Hillary. She said Putin's claim of protecting the Russian population in the Ukraine was like Hitler's claim of protecting the German population in Czechoslovakia, and got so much criticism for comparing Putin to Hitler that she or her spokewoman had to address the criticism in typical politician style. But I didn't see anything wrong with the original statement.

I think there's a deeper complexity to this. What is the biggest problem plaguing the DNC and liberalism these days?

Answer: The DNC and liberalism. They're drowning in their own stupidity and ineptitude. But they've only got one trick in their playbook, and that's to lash out blindly at someone - anyone - to deflect attention away from their own stupidity and ineptitude. But the well is running dry for them. "Blame Bush" is met with eye-rolls. The Tea Party continues to exist and be a thorn in their side despite attempts to destroy them. The big three (President Downgrade, Senility Reid, and the Pelosiraptor; or You Didn't Build That, What Difference Does It Make, and Captain Swiftboat the Climate Avenger - YMMV) are pretty much openly laughed at when they open their mouth to say something that is clearly untrue and/or idiotic. And their ideology continues to be exposed for the horrors it is like a shelled out skyscraper in downtown Detroit. You know what happens next right?

Ellen tries so hard, really she does, bless her heart. A Jeff Dunham? Don't know about that. Lena Dunham? Yeppers. Birds of a feather, y'know. Don't think Ellen has run around with her breasticles flopping to and fro.

@16 Are you crazy!? You can't say stuff like that! Her Let's Move G-Men will come kick down your door and you'll be black bagged and thrown in a FEMA re-education camp where they force feed you quinoa and kale shakes. (You will be provided a Koran if you want it though.)

Everything is acceptable as long as it is not about us. And US. “Seriously … She’s Kidding.” And since people don’t read enough to understand that, they also don’t know that “a joke is a very serious thing,” so why complaining?!?

Speaking of who says something and in what context, Hillary, unless she is a comedian by accident, better give everyone some GEOGRAPHICAL perspective. And then Kerry and her can offer everybody some history brainTEAsers on topics such as genocide, slavery, human rights. And anything that has been deleted from the textbooks. Speaking of that, they should delete more as we don’t read anyway.